Johnson v. Brown

MONROE, Judge.

On February 16,1996, Louis Johnson sued Marvin Brown, d/b/a Brown’s Beltline Spur gasoline station (“Brown”); and Gulf Distributing Company (“Gulf’), alleging defamation, the tort of outrage, malicious prosecution, and false imprisonment. The case was assigned to Judge Chris N. Galanos. The parties engaged in discovery and on January 27, 1997, Johnson filed a motion certifying that the case was ready to be tried and requesting the court to set a trial date. The court granted Johnson’s motion, and set the trial for April 29, 1997. Brown moved for a summary judgment on March 14,…